American Buddha Bulletin Board

We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Lhasa rules don't apply here. Click this link, and catch a breath of the fresh air of psychic freedom from Buddhist authority. If you haven't tried breathing outside the sterile domain of orthodoxy, step inside. It'll clear your head and free your mind.

The Fire Still Burns
American Buddha was prescient and courageous enough to take down predators wearing Buddhist robes back when their misdeeds weren't shouted from the pages of global periodicals. We've stoked up the fire again, so you can see these gems, sparkling in the embers.

The Fool Returns to His Folly
To choose is to exist intentionally, or so we believe. We think we choose to believe, but beliefs grow from roots in soil too deep to fathom. When we investigate long enough, we realize that although most beliefs feel self-chosen, and certainly are self-shaping, we have picked them up from some second-hand belief store. Don Juan called it controlled folly -- carrying on as if we understood life's meaning, even though we know that none is ascertainable. Longchenpa talks about leaning one's clear mind like a traveler leaning on a walking stick. Perhaps when we see Dharma teachings as forms of controlled folly, views and practices we engage for the sake of inner significance, rather than publicly observable effects, we are actually using them correctly. That's the theory here, at least.